Appendix 3: My Developmental Group Work
A group gathered around a pile of sandwiches. All young adults. All special. All beautiful
humans.
I am in a YMCA supportive housing project in the UK. Developmental Group Work is on
the agenda. I want to walk you through my experience from an actual session. I want to
share the objectives, process and methodology. NOT to be directive or offering best practice. I have no answers, only offering where I am at, at the moment. I am just journaling and
reflecting on my fumbling, stumbling and attempts to facilitate experiences in personal development.
The context I moved the lounge type chairs into a circle - as close as possible. Central is a
coffee table laden with sandwiches and soft drinks. It was lunchtime and young people are
always up for free food. Music is playing pretty loud. A selected mix of beats, never well
known 'sing along' tracks. Music is always a contributor to the climate setting. It always
needs to be appropriate for those attending, not myself - but I love hip hop and contemporary beats which helps in connect